Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:53:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Uptime and entropy in DOS
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH] wrote:

> > BSD random() seems to use the Apple RNG
> >   x = (x * 16807) % ((2 << 31) - 1);
> > to play with the seed.
> 
>     I believe that algorithm is not very good at making random
>     numbers.

If this is used only to randomize the seed, then it is okay.

But I don't see the above calculation anywhere in the sources of
`random.c', at least as it appears in DJGPP v2.03.